General Admission tix by phone today; face value
 

Just a quick update for anyone interested.

The "Souvenir Ticket" is available with a phone order at the Santa Anita Breeders Cup link.

I ordered two for $20 each, with a reasonable $15 service charge for certified delivery.

Up until today I thought that mail in form was required. Saw the offer for "souvenir" with the phone number and was able to transact in about 3 minutes.

On some of the ticket sales sites people are asking two and three times face value for General Admission today....

Make sure the tickets are fireproof.

General Admission is $20 a day walkup. Why purchase them early?

LOL!!!! Actually those fires are no where near Santa Anita and they should actually be well contained by than! :)

Not a huge deal, but these pre-race day tickets are the "Souvenir" version.

Suitable for framing or something, I guess....

For me, I just feel better with tickets in hand since I'm driving in from the Bay Area late the night before.

If the $15 keeps me from standing in line a bit, that could be worth it right there. I made the mistake of doing walk-up for a spontaneous Dodger game one night and after 45 minutes of being in line outside.....while the game was already being played.....became very appreciative of having advanced tickets at SoCal events.

Official Breeders' Cup Race Order
 

2008 BREEDERS' CUP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
(All Eastern Time)

Championship Friday October 24

Santa Anita Allowance Race 1 2:05 p.m.
Santa Anita Allowance Race 2 2:35 p.m.
$1 million Sentient Flight Group Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint 3 3:35 p.m.
$1 million Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf 4 4:15 p.m.
$2 million Bessemer Trust Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (gr. I) 5 4:55 p.m.
$2 million Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf (gr. I) 6 5:35 p.m.
$2 million Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic (gr. I) 7 6:15 p.m.
Las Palmas Handicap (gr. II) 8 6:55 p.m.
Santa Anita Race Allowance Race 9 7:30 p.m.
Santa Anita Race Allowance Race 10 8:05 p.m.

Championship Saturday October 25

$500,000 Breeders' Cup Marathon 1 1:10 p.m.
$1 million Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint 2 1:50 p.m.
$1 million TVG Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile 3 2:30 p.m.
$2 million Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. I) 4 3:15 p.m.
$2 million Bessemer Trust Breeders' Cup Juvenile (gr. I) 5 3:55 p.m.
$1 million Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf 6 4:35 p.m.
$2 million Sentient Flight Group Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. 1) 7 5:15 p.m.
$3 million Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Turf (gr. I) 8 6:00 p.m.
$5 million Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) 9 6:45 p.m.
Damascus Stakes 10 7:20 p.m.
Oak Tree Derby (gr. II) 11 7:55 p.m.

Byk, is that EST or PST?

Sunset 6:20 pm so must be Eastern

:eek:


(All Eastern Time)

;)

He lives in Chicago Mean Time... nothing else exists























:D

awesome, gives me almost all day to piss away my bankroll @ belmont and keenland until the first BC races..... nice:(

-bt-

You should have seen me in Kentucky last Sunday with the hour time change, I was all over the place, couldn't believe Belmont was still running, couldn't find Hawthorne, had no idea of the time...mental disaster

Had one of those days at the 2000 Breeders Cup. Went from CT to ET Zone and it was the week after the time changed from daylight savings. I dragged along a friend who happened to be drinking whiskey the entire way and kept me mixed up all day.

It's going to be odd watching real time racing at 10:10 AM.

Took me long enough to adjust to 10AM NFL kickoffs......though now I love them....

Ah, yea...10 minutes...he said Eastern time BT

9 races (4 ungraded), 6 hours
 

The Saturday card will start at 1:10 p.m. Eastern with the Marathon, followed by the Turf Sprint, 1:50; Dirt Mile, 2:30; Mile, 3:15; Juvenile, 3:55; Juvenile Turf, 4:35; Sprint, 5:15; Turf, 6:00; and Classic, 6:45. Two races, the Damascus Stakes and the Oak Tree Derby, will follow the Classic.


If the idiots that produce this circus had half a brain, they would run the nine races in 3 1/2 hours. There is less than 20 minutes of actual action in 6 hours. Ever wonder why nobody other than us watches the Breeders Cup?

Seems like they could move it along a little quicker. It does provide good handicapping/drinking time in between races.

As well as driving down to the OTB to see Yakk :eek: .....did you know that it will be the last day at the Herkimer branch also, closing it's doors for good after the last race. :(

Yeah..I heard that. Believe me, They would do the same for FP if they could get a bar to have an EZ Bet. With Herkimer leaving, maybe we will be spared for awhile.

so it's lke baseball

Tomshito was supposed to be a monster. Ceaser come out come out wherever you are

Maybe a EZ Bet at the Canal Street Pub? Heard the food was good there.

I very well think you'll see a 105-110. Horses have been working very fast over the surface. Curlin just scampered over the surface between races in 59. Not all synthetic surfaces are equal. The Beyers do relate to the caliber of the competition but also the speed as compared to other races over the surface. If they all run like slugs, slugs they will be but I think it will be exciting. Curlin will have to overcome the likely lack of early speed in the race. I do love Curlin in the race. Been watching him since he came to NY and looks like he is rounding out to finish a storied career with a monster performance.

Right now I see no reason Curlin can't win this .

Well I like watching him because he is related to Jazil but that is another story. I agree with you but I do think he showed alot for a horse with very little experience to make a run like that in the Peter Pan. Showed alot of maturity. Do I think he has a chance in the classic? Too much would have to fall his way. The game is interesting in that how many times have we said that and the race falls their way. I have no doubt the horse will be fit. But I agree with you, his connnections were great. Very respectful even in the face of a Dutrow onslaught as I recall. And very strange training methods. They work very slow but they walk their horses forever both before and after works. How much lactic acid can a horse accumulate! I kept seeing them walking Casino Drive around Zito's barn for a couple of hours. He will add some interest. But I really don't think their will be anyone catching Curlin. And he should go out as the monster he is.

That's quite a relief.

It's silly to compare the two. Casino is a grade 2 winner...and regardless of the competition, he actually was able to beat those 3 year olds...while Tomcito raced in a couple of those races and was never able to win.

Anyway, what 3 year old race was a "key race." They all sucked. This is the weakest Classic field ever, and CD is a grade 2 winner with a beyer top of 99. It should only take about a 105-110 to win this. If he stays the same, he'll finish mid pack. If he improves, he'll be right there.

i'm a late bloomer.

do you take into consideration the uh..ahem, depth of the field he was facing that day? or perhaps i should say lack of depth.

Has anyone see how cheap these tickets are right now on Ebay. If you paid full price dont go look right now.

Well, if tickets are cheap, no excuse for thoroughbred enthusiasts not to try to get to Santa Anita.

It's our All Star Game.

Some years better, and some years not. But, it's only played once a year and ends up in an easily researched and perhaps remembered spot.

I've attended the Kentucky Derby, The Preakness, and The Belmont. And Saratoga and Del Mar.

And Thistledown. :-)


I'm psyched to make my first Breeders Cup.

My program and tickets will definitely end up preserved somewhere around here.


Plus, I understand they do sell beer at Santa Anita.

There will be thousands of tickets basically being given away outside the track on both days.....with MANY more on Friday.

Even at Churchill there were tons of cheap tickets available outside on Saturday. Hell, we ate one or two.

I know I've posted this before, but I've been to 7 BC and NEVER paid above face value for whatever kind of seat I wanted day of.

This is a very interesting race. Wait A While will be very tough over that course. If Forever Together gets some pace though, I don't think there is a filly or mare in the world right now, that hasn't been retired, that can beat her. Her late kick is as good as any horse running right now. I think the heat is the only thing that can beat her.

??

He was competing in the Vuelta a Bolivia that year. Perfecting his drafting knowledge.

FT is a real nice filly, but I prefer Mauralakana going 10 furlongs on firm turf.

Assuming these are the six in the P6, and not the two races after the classic??

$2 million Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. I) 4 3:15 p.m.
$2 million Bessemer Trust Breeders' Cup Juvenile (gr. I) 5 3:55 p.m.
$1 million Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf 6 4:35 p.m.
$2 million Sentient Flight Group Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. 1) 7 5:15 p.m.
$3 million Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Turf (gr. I) 8 6:00 p.m.
$5 million Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) 9 6:45 p.m.